Ah, Nature

Silent as paws
with beautiful moves
Nature a
reflection of watery ripples.

Between branches
we evolve into voyeurs,
where eagles
soar as feathery whispers

and piping tunes
escape noisy chickadees.

Lamenting loons
create sounds as stairways
to a higher level, and

deer pause within a circle
of peace.

© 2010 by Richard L. Provencher

first published Fall 2009
Westward Quarterly
The Magazine of Family Reading
Hamilton, Illinois, USA